Law enforcement officials meet to discuss Friday homicide

Personnel with the State Attorney's Office and police detectives met Thursday to discuss the shooting death of an Ocala man Friday night.

By Austin L. MillerStaff writer

Personnel with the State Attorney’s Office and detectives from the Ocala Police Department met Thursday to discuss the shooting death of an Ocala man on July 5.

Chief Assistant State Attorney Ric Ridgway confirmed the meeting and said the detectives are tying up some loose ends. He said they had done “a thorough job” with their investigation and that his office did not have any special requests. Ridgway said once “those loose ends” are taken care of, another meeting will be scheduled to decide the next step.

Julius Jerome Jacobs, 40, died the night of July 5 in a driveway in the 1900 block of Southwest Third Street.

OPD received a call at 9:32 p.m. that a man had been shot. When they arrived to investigate, they were told that Jacobs had pulled into the driveway and there was a confrontation between him and three other people. Jacobs was shot in the face and collapsed.

The trio he was arguing with ran away. Officials pronounced Jacobs dead at the scene.

On Tuesday, detectives said the argument had been between Jacobs and three teenagers — two age 16, one age 17. They said they recovered a 9 mm handgun that is being tested to determine if it was used in the shooting.

When asked if Jacobs was armed, detectives declined to say.

A wake will be held for Jacobs today, with his funeral set for Saturday.